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NCM 114 Care of the Older Adult LEC Prelim Reviewer Questions and Answers New update 2023
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Aging quiz 1.Every individual-young and old - has his or her own unique thoughts and feelings about society, Myth Truth
Neighbor who visits daily and helps the person to the store weekly.
"I really enjoy eating good vanilla ice cream, but have cut way down." 0%
Institutionalized or severely impaired elderly persons Healthy teenagers able to do ADL and functioning well
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their chronologic age, without consideration of their functional status
GERONTOLOGIC/GERIATRIC NURSING:
passage of time
ATTITUDES TOWARDS AGING AND OLDER ADULTS ◦Aging- normal process, ◦-common ◦ -derogatory attitudes toward older adults often exist because of negative past experiences. Background ◦Changing demography of the ageing population especially in the developing world ◦Burden of chronic illness ◦Issues of compression of morbidity ◦ - Ageing in the development agenda ◦“Ageing is a development issue. Healthy older persons are a resource for their families, their communities and the economy.” WHO Brasilia Declaration on Ageing, July, 1996 DEMOGRAPHICS OF AGING ◦According to the National Center for Health Statistics ◦ - life expectancy ◦ the average number of years that a person can be expected to live, has risen dramatically over the past century. ◦ In 1900, the average life expectancy was 47.3 years ◦ 1998 that figure had increased to 76.7 years.